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THE BROTHERS OF YOSEPH RETURN TO MISRAYIM
And the famine is heavy in the land. 2 And so be it, when they finish eating the kernels they brought from Misrayim, their father says to them, Return, market for us kernels for a little food. 3 And Yah Hudah says to him, saying, In witnessing, the man witnessed to us, saying, You see not my face, unless your brother is with you. 4 If you send our brother with us, we descend and market kernels for food for you: 5 but if you send him not, we descend not: for the man says to us, You see not my face, unless your brother is with you. 6 And Yisra El says, Why vilify you me, as to tell the man whether you had yet a brother? 7 And they say, In asking, the man asked us of our state and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? Have you a brother? and we tell him according to the mouth of these words: in knowing, how know we that he says, Descend your brother? 8 And Yah Hudah says to Yisra El his father, Send the lad with me and we rise and go; so that we live and not die - both we and you and also our toddlers. 9 I - I pledge for him; you require him from my hand if I bring him not to you and set him facing you - then I have sinned against you all days: 10 for had we not lingered, by this time we had returned this second time. 11 And their father Yisra El says to them, If so, now work this; take of the best pluckings in the land in your instruments and descend an offering to the man - a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds: 12 and take double silver in your hand; and the silver that was returned in the mouth of your sacks, return it in your hand; perahaps it was an error: 13 also take your brother and rise, return to the man: 14 and El Shadday give you mercies at the face of the man, that he send away your other brother and Ben Yamin. - in bereaving, I am bereaved. 15 And the men take this offering and they take double silver in their hand and Ben Yamin; and rise and descend to Misrayim and stand at the face of Yoseph. 16 And when Yoseph sees Ben Yamin with them, he says to the one over his house, Bring these men home and slaughter a slaughter and prepare; for these men eat with me at noon. 17 And the man works as Yoseph says; and the man brings the men into the house of Yoseph: 18 and the men awe, because they are brought into the house of Yoseph; and they say, Because of the word of the silver that was returned in our sacks at the beginning they bring us in - to roll against us and fall on us and take us for servants and our he burros. 19 And they come near to the man of the house of Yoseph and they word with him at the portal of the house, 20 and say, O adoni, in descending, we descended at the beginning to market for kernels for food: 21 and so be it, when we came to the lodge, we opened our sacks, and behold, the silver of every man is in the mouth of his sack - our silver in full weight; and we return it in our hand: 22 and we descend other silver in our hands to market for kernels for food: we perceive not who put our silver in our sacks. 23 And he says, Shalom to you! Awe not! Your Elohim and the Elohim of your father, gave you hidden treasure in your sacks: I have your silver. And he brings Shimon to them. 24 And the man brings the men into the house of Yoseph and gives them water and they bathe their feet; and he gives their he burros provender. 25 And they prepare the offering until Yoseph comes at noon: for they hear that they eat bread there: 26 and when Yoseph comes home, they bring him the offering in their hand into the house and prostrate to him to the earth. 27 And he asks them of their shalom and says, Is your father at shalom? - the elder of whom you say, is he yet alive? 28 And they say, Your servant our father is at shalom, he is yet alive. - and they bow and prostrate. 29 And he lifts his eyes and sees his brother Ben Yamin, the son of his mother, and says, Is this your younger brother, of whom you said to me? And he says, Elohim grant you charism, my son. 30 And Yoseph hastens; for his mercies yearn on his brother: and he seeks where to weep; and he enters his chamber and weeps there: 31 and he bathes his face and goes out and restrains himself and says, Set on bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself and for them by themselves and for the Misrayim who eat with him by themselves - because the Misrayim cannot eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abhorrence to the Misrayim. 33 And they sit at his face, the firstbirth according to his firstrights and the lesser according to his youngness: and the men marvel, man to friend: 34 and he loads loads to them from his face: but the load of Ben Yamin abounds five hands more than the loads of all. - and they drink and intoxicate with him.
THE BROTHERS OF YOSEPH RETURN TO MISRAYIM
And the famine is heavy in the land. 2 And so be it, when they finish eating the kernels they brought from Misrayim, their father says to them, Return, market for us kernels for a little food. 3 And Yah Hudah says to him, saying, In witnessing, the man witnessed to us, saying, You see not my face, unless your brother is with you. 4 If you send our brother with us, we descend and market kernels for food for you: 5 but if you send him not, we descend not: for the man says to us, You see not my face, unless your brother is with you. 6 And Yisra El says, Why vilify you me, as to tell the man whether you had yet a brother? 7 And they say, In asking, the man asked us of our state and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? Have you a brother? and we tell him according to the mouth of these words: in knowing, how know we that he says, Descend your brother? 8 And Yah Hudah says to Yisra El his father, Send the lad with me and we rise and go; so that we live and not die - both we and you and also our toddlers. 9 I - I pledge for him; you require him from my hand if I bring him not to you and set him facing you - then I have sinned against you all days: 10 for had we not lingered, by this time we had returned this second time. 11 And their father Yisra El says to them, If so, now work this; take of the best pluckings in the land in your instruments and descend an offering to the man - a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds: 12 and take double silver in your hand; and the silver that was returned in the mouth of your sacks, return it in your hand; perahaps it was an error: 13 also take your brother and rise, return to the man: 14 and El Shadday give you mercies at the face of the man, that he send away your other brother and Ben Yamin. - in bereaving, I am bereaved. 15 And the men take this offering and they take double silver in their hand and Ben Yamin; and rise and descend to Misrayim and stand at the face of Yoseph. 16 And when Yoseph sees Ben Yamin with them, he says to the one over his house, Bring these men home and slaughter a slaughter and prepare; for these men eat with me at noon. 17 And the man works as Yoseph says; and the man brings the men into the house of Yoseph: 18 and the men awe, because they are brought into the house of Yoseph; and they say, Because of the word of the silver that was returned in our sacks at the beginning they bring us in - to roll against us and fall on us and take us for servants and our he burros. 19 And they come near to the man of the house of Yoseph and they word with him at the portal of the house, 20 and say, O adoni, in descending, we descended at the beginning to market for kernels for food: 21 and so be it, when we came to the lodge, we opened our sacks, and behold, the silver of every man is in the mouth of his sack - our silver in full weight; and we return it in our hand: 22 and we descend other silver in our hands to market for kernels for food: we perceive not who put our silver in our sacks. 23 And he says, Shalom to you! Awe not! Your Elohim and the Elohim of your father, gave you hidden treasure in your sacks: I have your silver. And he brings Shimon to them. 24 And the man brings the men into the house of Yoseph and gives them water and they bathe their feet; and he gives their he burros provender. 25 And they prepare the offering until Yoseph comes at noon: for they hear that they eat bread there: 26 and when Yoseph comes home, they bring him the offering in their hand into the house and prostrate to him to the earth. 27 And he asks them of their shalom and says, Is your father at shalom? - the elder of whom you say, is he yet alive? 28 And they say, Your servant our father is at shalom, he is yet alive. - and they bow and prostrate. 29 And he lifts his eyes and sees his brother Ben Yamin, the son of his mother, and says, Is this your younger brother, of whom you said to me? And he says, Elohim grant you charism, my son. 30 And Yoseph hastens; for his mercies yearn on his brother: and he seeks where to weep; and he enters his chamber and weeps there: 31 and he bathes his face and goes out and restrains himself and says, Set on bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself and for them by themselves and for the Misrayim who eat with him by themselves - because the Misrayim cannot eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abhorrence to the Misrayim. 33 And they sit at his face, the firstbirth according to his firstrights and the lesser according to his youngness: and the men marvel, man to friend: 34 and he loads loads to them from his face: but the load of Ben Yamin abounds five hands more than the loads of all. - and they drink and intoxicate with him.